• Fire and herbivory drive fungal and bacterial communities through distinct above- and belowground mechanisms 

      Vermeire, Marie-Liesse; Thoresen, Joshua; Lennard, Katie; Vikram, Surendra; Kirkman, Kevin P.; Swemmer, Anthony M.; te Beest, Mariska; Siebert, Frances; Gordijn, Paul; Venter, Zander; Brunel, Caroline; Wolfaard, Graeme; Krumins, Jennifer Adams; Cramer, Michael Denis; Hawkins, Heidi-Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Fire and herbivory are important natural disturbances in grassy biomes. Both drivers are likely to influence be- lowground microbial communities but no studies have unravelled the long-term impact of both fire and herbiv- ...